Haryana’s Vikrant Panchal, the under-20 winner, was nearly three seconds faster than the men’s champion Deepak Singh in the first National 400m championships held here on Sunday.
The under-16 and under-18 boys’ winners were also faster than the men.
The 400m Nationals and the javelin Nationals (held on Sunday in Lucknow) were meant to identify young talent, but they appear to be poorly timed and did not produce any exceptional performances.
The results:
National 400m championships, Dharamshala:
Men: 1. Deepak Singh (Mah) 50.52s; 2. Shrikant Malik (UP) 51.09; 3. Ravi Kumar Singh (Jkd) 51.21.
Boys: Under-20: 1. Vikrant Panchal (Har) 47.68s; 2. Rahul Kadam (Mah) 48.53; 3. Mufid Dhan (A&N) 49.69.
Under-18: 1. Adesh Garsa (Raj) 48.81s; 2. K. Avinash (TN) 48.88; 3. Sharup Khan (Raj) 50.40.
Under-16: Ramachandra Sanga (Jkd) 50.06s; 2. K.R. Aravindh (TN) 50.48; 3. Hardeep Kumar (Pjb) 51.26.
Women: 1. Neeshu Kumari (Del) 59.27s; 2. Kritika Sharma (HP) 1:09.42; 3. N.A. Anuradha (Del) 1:10.39.
Girls: Under-20: 1. Anjana (HP) 1:08.93s; 2. Pooja (HP) 1:09.42; 3. Anita Thakur (HP) 1:18.46.
Under-18: 1. Cerlin Roheta (TN) 1:03.69s; 2. Tamanna (HP) 1:08.75; 3. Ganga (TN) 1:16.67.
Under-16: Florence Barla (Jkd) 56.70s; 2. Payal Vohra (Del) 58.30; 3. Jyoti (HP) 1:07.75.
National javelin throw open, Lucknow:
Men: 1. Abhishek Drall (Del) 73m; 2. Vikrant Malik (Har) 69.04; 3. Jitendra Singh (UP) 68.98.
Boys: Under-20: 1. Aashish Chaudhary (UP) 66.93m; 2. S. Braveman Heart (TN) 66.39; 3. Rishabh Nehra (UP) 64.89.
Under-18: 1. Sahil Silwal (Har) 72.92m; 2. Sudama Kumar Yadav (Bih) 71.71; 3. Nandkishor Singh (UP) 70.06.
Under-16: 1. Suraj Kumar (UP) 71.23m; 2. Izhar Ahmad (UP) 66.26; 3. Shyam Khunt (Guj) 61.49.
Women: 1. Poonam Rani (Har) 52.48m; 2. Shilpa Rani (Har) 40.15; 3. Geeta Shinde (Mah) 37.93.
Under-20: 1. Runjun Pegu (Asm) 43.21m; 2. N. Hemamalini (TN) 39.10.
Under-18: 1. Shakshi Sharma (UP) 36.78m; 2. Varsha Verma (UP) 35.54; 3. Mridnalini Singh UP) 35.08.